I am the Walrus

"I Am the Walrus" adalah lagu tahun 1967 oleh The Beatles, ditulis oleh John Lennon dan credited to Lennon-McCartney. Lennon berkata bahwa ia menulis 2 baris pertama ketika sedang menggunakan LSD. Lagu ini dimainkan dalam film dan album Magical Mystery Tour, dan diterbitkan sebagai B-side untuk lagu "Hello, Goodbye".

Lennon menulis lagu ini dengan menggabungkan 3 lagu yang ia tulis. Kemudian, ketika mendengar bahwa salah seorang guru sekolahnya menyuruh murid menafsirkan lagu Beatles, ia menambahkan omong kosong untuk membingungkan pendengar.

Walrus dalam lagu ini adalah rujukan kepada buku karya Lewis Carroll The Walrus and the Carpenter. Lennon kemudian menyatakan kekecewaan ketika mendengar bahwa walrus itu adalah penjahat dalam puisi tersebut.

Asal usul

Lagu pertama ditulis Lennon ketika mendengar sirene polisi di rumahnya di Weybridge, ia menulis baris "Mis-ter cit-y police-man" ke dalam lagu sirene itu. Lagu kedua mengenai Lennon duduk di kebunnya di Weybridge. Lagu ketiga adalah omong kosong mengenai duduk di corn flake. Karena tidak dapat menyelesaikan ketiga lagu tersebut, ia menggabungkan mereka menjadi satu lagu.

Referensi

Singel The Beatles

Singel (Britania Raya – Parlophone, Apple Records)

1962: Love Me Do • 1963: Please Please Me, From Me to You, She Loves You, I Want to Hold Your Hand • 1964: Can't Buy Me Love, A Hard Day's Night, I Feel Fine • 1965: Ticket to Ride, Help!, Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out • 1966: Paperback Writer, Eleanor Rigby / Yellow Submarine • 1967: Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane, All You Need Is Love, Hello, Goodbye • 1968: Lady Madonna, Hey Jude • 1969: Get Back / Don't Let Me Down, Ballad of John and Yoko, Something / Come Together • 1970: Let It Be
1976: Yesterday, Back in the U.S.S.R. • 1978: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / A Day in the Life • 1982: The Beatles Movie Medley, Love Me Do (reissue) • 1995: Baby It's You, Free as a Bird • 1996: Real Love

Sisi B

1962: P.S. I Love You • 1963: Ask Me Why, Thank You Girl, I'll Get You, This Boy • 1964: You Can't Do That, Things We Said Today, She's a Woman • 1965: Yes It Is, I'm Down • 1966: Rain • 1967: Baby You're a Rich Man, I Am the Walrus • 1968: The Inner Light, Revolution • 1969: Old Brown Shoe • 1970: You Know My Name (Look up the Number)
1976: I Should Have Known Better, Twist and Shout • 1982: I'm Happy Just to Dance with You, P.S. I Love You (reissue) • 1995: I'll Follow the Sun / Devil in Her Heart / Boys, Christmas Time (Is Here Again) • 1996: Baby's in Black

Singel (AS – Capitol Records, Apple Records)

1963: I Want to Hold Your Hand • 1964: Can't Buy Me Love, A Hard Day's Night, I'll Cry Instead, And I Love Her, Matchbox, I Feel Fine • 1965: Eight Days a Week, Ticket to Ride, Help!, Yesterday, We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper • 1966: Nowhere Man, Paperback Writer, Eleanor Rigby / Yellow Submarine • 1967: Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever, All You Need Is Love, Hello, Goodbye • 1968: Lady Madonna, Hey Jude • 1969: Get Back / Don't Let Me Down, Ballad of John and Yoko, Something / Come Together • 1970: Let It Be, The Long and Winding Road
1976: Got to Get You into My Life • 1978: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / A Day in the Life • 1982: The Beatles Movie Medley • 1986: Twist and Shout • 1995: Baby It's You, Free as a Bird• 1996: Real Love

Sisi B

1963: I Saw Her Standing There • 1964: You Can't Do That, I Should Have Known Better, I'm Happy Just to Dance with You, If I Fell, Slow Down, She's a Woman • 1965: I Don't Want to Spoil the Party, Yes It Is, I'm Down, Act Naturally • 1966: What Goes On, Rain • 1967: Baby You're a Rich Man, I Am the Walrus • 1968: The Inner Light, Revolution • 1969: Old Brown Shoe • 1970: You Know My Name (Look up the Number), For You Blue
1976: Helter Skelter • 1982: I'm Happy Just to Dance with You • 1986: There's a Place • 1995: I'll Follow the Sun / Devil in Her Heart / Boys, I Saw Her Standing There / This Boy / Christmas Time (Is Here Again) • 1996: Baby's in Black / Yellow Submarine / Here, There and Everywhere